Supreme Court Decisions​Relevant research databases for Samohi students

Databases contain collections of general and subject-specific areas. You may also narrow or expand search results by selecting source types (ie newspapers, journals), dates, article type (ie reviews, articles), and so on in the filters provided. Sources can be selected and emailed for future reference

Database Search Tips for Better ResultsUse Boolean operators ... simple words that are used to combine or exclude in a search, either to expand or narrow results. Examples: AND, OR, NOT

LandmarkANDCases searches for both words ​ (​narrows search)

PresidentORCongress searches for one or all, but both is optional (expands search)

CongressNOTSenate searches for the first word, Congress and excludes sources with the word Senate (narrows search)

History In Context: U.S. (Gale)Covers all areas of U.S. history focusing on the most significant people, events and topics from pre-colonial times to the present day seen through primary documents, original reference sources, newspaper/journal articles, images, videos, audio files, and links to vetted websites.